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FNUS76 KMFR 200111
FWSMFR

Spot Forecast for Gopher...USFS
National Weather Service Medford OR
611 PM PDT Thu Sep 19 2019

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on September 20.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A impulse moving in from the north-northwest in the morning will
enhance cloudiness and bring the possibility of some showers Friday
morning. It`s likely to remain mostly cloudy Friday afternoon, but
clouds are expected to break up late afternoon into the evening.
This will set up a chilly night-morning into Saturday. Saturday
will warm-up and dry out a fair bit. Winds are expected to remain
light through the period.


.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy with areas of fog and a chance of showers
                    in the morning, then mostly cloudy in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....60 bottom to 50 top.
Min humidity........53% bottom to 66% top.
Eye level winds.....NW 0-2 mph in the morning becoming NW 1-3 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........NW 0-5 mph in the morning becoming NW 5-10 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......300-600 ft AGL increasing to 2600-3400 ft AGL
                    late in the morning.
Mixing winds........Northwest 7 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Transport winds.....Northwest 10 mph.


.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....40 bottom to 45 top.
Max humidity........90% bottom to 60% top.
Eye level winds.....Northwest 1-3 mph early evening, shifting to NE
                    0-2 mph overnight.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 5-10 mph early evening, then shifting
                    to NE 5 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......Falling to 500 ft AGL or less early in the
                    evening.
Mixing winds........NW 7 mph becoming NE 3 mph overnight.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Transport winds.....Northwest 10 mph becoming NE 5 mph overnight.


.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....70 bottom to 60 top.
Min humidity........38% bottom to 51% top.
Eye level winds.....Upslope, generally SE 0-2 mph in the morning, then
                    SW 0-2 mph early afternoon, then west 1-2 mph late
                    afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........SE 0-5 mph in the morning becoming SW 0-5 mph early
                    afternoon, then west 5 mph late afternoon.
Mixing height.......100-200 ft AGL increasing to 3100-4500 ft AGL
                    late in the morning.
Mixing winds........SE 3 mph shifting to SW in the afternoon, then
                    west late afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Transport winds.....SE 5 mph shifting to SW in the afternoon, then
                    west late afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...LUTZ
Requested by...ICT4(t)
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 1915411.3/MFR
.DELDT 09/19/19